Cindy lived alone. Cindy entered her darkened house. She was tired after a long day. Without turning on a light she locked the door behind her and walked the ten familiar steps into her kitchen and flicked the light on her microwave on casting a soft glow into the room around her. A door closed… Continue reading Don’t ignore that cold warning tingle.
A musty odour carrying the smell of last night’s dinner and stagnant beer fills the air. The long narrow passage echoes with silence and the dirty yellow walls stretch for miles in two directions. The ugly blue, green and brown carpet holds powdered footprints of those that are trapped here. From behind each sunken wood… Continue reading Unmarked
It was just a black fabric tent, the kind that you can tie the front flaps open if you want to. They had taken a large picture board and set it to one side of the tent flap and it had a black and white image of a hand on it. The hand had an… Continue reading The Tent
I invite you to use the following as a prompt: When all was said and done _____________ came easily. Post a link to your piece in the comment section below. * * * A New Way to Cook When all was said and done bewitching my kitchen utensils came easily. First, I found granny’s dusty… Continue reading A New Way to Cook
Solve all your problems with your very own monster in a can! Order now; your very own monster in a can! Simply take off the lid, set it in the moonlight and watch it grow. No two are the same. Perfect for terrorizing your neighbours, curing the neighbours dog of barking, encouraging the children to… Continue reading Solve all your problems with…
Fear: A Six Word Post Visceral and primitive attacking its host! By Shari Marshall – 2019
The house when viewed from the street didn’t look extraordinary. It fit in with the rest of the homes on the street: dark brown, double front doors, long front porch accessed by four low wide steps. The yard was deep and the house was set back from the street. Apparently this was how houses were… Continue reading In the house…
The rules are simple. Use this image as a prompt to write a ghost story and reference this post. You can come back and share your link by posting your link in the comment section below. That’s it! Can’t wait to read your scary tales… I choose to go with a 100 word post, but… Continue reading Photo Prompt – The Bayou House
“Aunt Lydia was here today Sierra, she left something for you in the kitchen. I’ll see you in the morning after my shift,” her mother yelled as she sprinted out the front door. Sierra was never sure what to expect when aunt Lydia left her something. In private Sierra joked that aunt Lydia was actually… Continue reading The Cupcake Murders
Silent heavy air. Subtle vibrations in its current indicate I’m not alone. Casting my eyes I search for unexplained shadows while straining my ears for whispers so faint they are inaudible to most. There is calm now where there was once fear. Surrendering, my subconscious plays with the veil between realities. Time bends slightly. It… Continue reading Unexplained Shadows
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 